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The Ferryman is next to impossible to put down once you’ve read the first few pages. Exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying, this is a book to get lost in.”
—Stephen King“A mind-bending novel full of big ideas and a roller coaster’s worth of twists and turns—so powerful and thrilling!”
—Andy Weir“Fiction doesn’t get better than this. A transcendent meditation on the human condition, delivered through gorgeous prose, characters who steal your heart, and riveting storytelling that is guaranteed to put the rest of your life on hold until you’ve turned the final page.”
—Blake Crouch“Cronin’s shrewd world-building allows us to have it both ways: We sink into aspirational fantasy even as we relish the author’s sly commentary on a certain species of coastal elite. . . . It’s a careful book with a limited cast, animated by the bonds of parental and romantic love. An undercurrent of grief, organized around a pure, almost unobjectionable family tragedy, forms the book’s emotional core.”
—The New York Times Book Review “An intricate mystery that deals with loss and devastation on levels both personal and global. It’s a love story as well, or rather a catalog of love stories.”
—The Boston Globe “A wondrous epic both brilliant and terrifying . . . As complex as his imagined worlds become, Justin Cronin is always reminding us, masterfully, of the simplest and deepest bonds.
The Ferryman, to me, is a novel about love.”
—Amanda Eyre Ward“Complex and brilliant . . . a carefully weaved and detailed world . . . This was not just a novel, but an experience.”
—The Fantasy Review“Unique, spellbinding and utterly thought-provoking. Just when you are convinced that you have anticipated the ending,
The Ferryman delivers a heart-wrenching twist, leading you down another road entirely.
The Ferryman was non-stop action, all leading to the inevitable conclusion that will stick with you.”
—Mystery and Suspense Magazine“Cronin’s firm command of the plot’s sinuous dynamics, and his creation of believable characters shaped by well-wrought strengths and flaws, make this bold gesture work. The result is a sensational speculative tale that is sure to get people talking.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“It’s a hefty book that moves with an astounding quickness—yet another excellent offering from an author with a boundless imagination and talent to spare. Twisty, thrilling, and beautifully written.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“A page-turner that is impossible to put down . . . a profoundly genius culmination of every twisty event and unveiled secret caps off this mind-bending masterpiece. . . .”
—Library Journal (starred review)“A great option for fans of the accessible, compelling, and thought-provoking [science fiction] of authors such as Blake Crouch, Cherie Dimaline, and Neal Stephenson.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“The Ferryman was such an engrossing speculative fiction! With the flavor of The Giver at the beginning, and something entirely different by the end, Cronin comments on social class, society, and what makes us human. A must read!”
